Archive for August, 2008
Beating the Spread (But Not That One)
The last time Arizona won as a double-digit favorite was in 2003. Note that I said “won,” not “covered.” That game, a 42-7 blowout against UTEP, also marked John Mackovic’s last victory as the Wildcat’s head coach — he was fired four consecutive losses later. With that in mind, maybe beating hapless Idaho 70-0 (easily [...]
Posted by Barrett
August 31st, 2008
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Posted by Barrett
August 31st, 2008
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1!
With 24 hours left until the Wildcat’s season opener, we remember Arizona’s all-time reception leader, Bobby Wade. Sure, his 230 career receptions are in danger of being overtaken by Money Mike Thomas (185 receptions, to date). And his 2002 mark of 92 receptions (another Arizona record), yeah… Money’s got that one in his sights too. [...]
Posted by Barrett
August 29th, 2008
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2!
Well there are actually less than 2 days left until kickoff. WOAH! And watching Stanford vs. Oregon St. only increased the excitement. Is Harbaugh the real deal at Stanford? We don’t know. But we do know at #2 we had some real deals.
#2 David Adams - It was behind his legs that Arizona took home [...]
Posted by Sherrick
August 29th, 2008
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D’ohme!
If you haven’t heard, Arizona State’s $8 million practice dome was destroyed last night, in a storm of the gnarliest proportions. Pictures of the wreckage make the facility look like it was purchased in Wal-Mart’s camping supply section but, to be honest, the darn thing was pretty nice. In fact, we were mighty jealous — [...]
Posted by Barrett
August 29th, 2008
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SportsBlogNet.com Launches into Beta
We just wanted to let everyone know that we are apart of a new Sports Blog Network at SportsBlogNet.com. SportsBlogNet.com is a site that feeds in over 50 great sports blogs and links back out to all of them. They drive traffic to our site and also sell ads for all [...]
Posted by Sherrick
August 28th, 2008
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3!
There are only three more days left until the Wildcats hit the field. So keep working for the weekend, because there is finally hope! And to continue to the countdown…
#3 Tony Bouie. Bouie started out as a shortstop on the baseball team, but it was not long after that he took over the starting safety [...]
Posted by Sherrick
August 27th, 2008
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RauRaur’s Required Reading (8/27)
So much has happened lately, and unfortunately not all has been good. Gronk is sick… and we are not talking the good kind.
In better news Crier is back! I love 83 yard punts to the one yard line!
The annual Herbies have been awarded by Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN and it looks a lot like the [...]
Posted by Sherrick
August 27th, 2008
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4! (…and 11-5)
Woah! Football is almost here and our countdown failed. But fear not, there are still Wildcats to be honored. So without out further delay here is what we should have done a while ago.
#11 Chris McAlister - In his three years with the Wildcats, McAlister was a 1st team All-American, 3-time 1st team All Pac-10, [...]
Posted by Sherrick
August 27th, 2008
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7!!
The career of Willie Tuitama at Arizona has been quite the ride. His freshman year, he transformed Junior Seau’s nephew into the Messiah of Arizona football, after he shocked the world in his second collegiate start. Then came his sophomore year, where Tuitama was supposed to be the real deal (please see dual threat QB, [...]
Posted by Sherrick
August 23rd, 2008
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